Lesson 2 Journey Through the Pages
Great Opening Lines
You never get a second chance to make ____ first impression.
It is very important to make a good ____ on others when we meet them for the first time.
But people aren’t the only ones who make first impressions ____ books do as well.
A powerful first line ____ a book can catch readers’ attention and make them want to read on.
Authors ____ spend weeks, months, or even years coming up with the perfect opening line for their books.
Let’s ____ a look at some of them.
“All children, except one, grow up.”
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
No one can stop ____ sands of time.
Every child ____ an adult whether they want to or not.
But the opening line ____ Peter Pan states that there is one child who is the exception to the rule.
Peter Pan ____ a boy who refuses to grow older.
He wants ____ have fun and stay a child forever.
One night in London, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell visit the home of Wendy, John, ____ Michael.
Peter Pan invites them to a fantastic island in the sky ____ Neverland.
It is a magical place where dreams are ____ and excitement never ends.
The children take ____ Pan’s hand and their adventure begins.
Only children can visit Neverland, and they do ____ grow up as long as they remain there.
They have a wonderful time in ____
But in the end, the three children decide to return home and grow ____
What ____ the reason for this unexpected decision? Read the book to find out.
“There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.”
Holes, Louis Sachar
What comes to mind when ____ hear the word “camp?”
Many people would think of fun activities like fishing, having a ____ and sleeping under the beautiful stars.
So what kind of place do ____ imagine Camp Green Lake is?
Perhaps it is a beautiful place where a green forest surrounds a ____ lake.
But the ____ line of Holes paints a different picture.
It states that there is ____ lake there despite its name.
Through this irony, Sachar is hinting that Camp Green Lake ____ not a normal camp with fun and games.
In fact, Camp Green Lake is ____ a camp at all.
Located in the desert, it is like a ____ for bad boys.
The main character of the book, a ____ boy named Stanley Yelnats, is different from the other boys in the camp.
He hasn’t ____ anything wrong.
He was just in the wrong place ____ the wrong time.
Stanley and the other boys at Camp Green Lake are expected to improve ____ character by digging holes every day.
Stanley suspects that ____ is another reason for the digging.
Will ____ successfully dig up the truth about Camp Green Lake?
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
1984, George Orwell
Typically, ____ strike from one to twelve times.
But George Orwell’s ____ novel, 1984, opens with the clocks striking thirteen times.
In a normal world, a clock striking thirteen is ____ of the ordinary.
But in this mysterious place, it doesn’t seem to ____ unusual.
Not just one clock but all clocks ____ thirteen here.
What’s more, the number thirteen is ____ associated with bad luck in Western cultures.
In this way, Orwell ____ to the readers that they are about to enter a world that is dark and unfamiliar.
The story takes place in an imaginary country called Oceania in the year ____
The government tries to ____ everyone’s life.
It has even ____ a new language to limit people’s thoughts and expressions.
Big Brother, the leader of Oceania, watches everything that goes on through television ____
As long as Big Brother is ____ power, the people of Oceania will never be free.
The main character, Winston Smith, does not agree with what the government ____ doing.
____ wants to fight against Big Brother, but he can’t do it by himself.
Will Winston find others ____ join him?
____ will he give in and be controlled by Big Brother like the rest of the people?
공통영어1 동아 이병민 2과 본문 한줄 해석 Great Opening Lines